Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of under-five children in the Berbere, Bale, Southeastern Ethiopia, 2021
Variable | Patient category | |
|---|---|---|
Controls (n = 209) number (%) | Cases (n = 209) number (%) | |
Age of child in months | ||
≤ 24 | 151 (72.2) | 128 (61.2) |
> 24 | 58 (27.8) | 81 (38.8) |
Sex of child | ||
Male | 101 (48.3) | 54 (25.8) |
Female | 108 (51.7) | 155 (74.2) |
Age of mother/caregiver | ||
15–20 | 8 (3.8) | 18 (8.6) |
21–24 | 23 (11) | 69 (33) |
25–34 | 163 (78) | 106 (50.7) |
≥ 35 | 15 (7.2) | 16 (7.7) |
Ethnicity | ||
Oromo | 199 (95.2) | 200 (95.7) |
Amhara | 7 (3.3) | 7 (3.3) |
Somali | 3 (1.4) | 2 (1) |
Marital status | ||
Married | 189 (90.4) | 178 (85.2) |
Widowed | 10 (4.8) | 6 (2.9) |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 39 (18.7) | 39 (18.7) |
Protestant | 14 (6.7) | 21 (10) |
Muslim | 156 (74.6) | 149 (71.3) |
Place residence | ||
Rural | 129 (61.7) | 152 (72.7) |
Urban | 80 (38.3) | 57 (27.3) |
No of < 5 children | ||
≤ 2 | 197 (94.7) | 168 (80.4) |
> 2 | 12 (5.3) | 41 (19.6) |
Birth order | ||
≤ 2 | 61 (29.2) | 61 (29.2) |
3–4 | 119 (56.9) | 110 (52.6) |
≥ 5 | 7 (3.3) | 38 (18.2) |
Education status of mother | ||
No formal education | 64 (30.6) | 103 (49.3) |
Primary education | 132 (63.2) | 95 (45.5) |
Secondary and above | 13 (6.2) | 11 (5.3) |